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Show Volume Eighly-$- Tooele, u I'tah, Thursday, July Cost: Twenty Five Cents 17, I9S0 Numlxr Seven At Tooele Army Depot T op Pentagon Officials Tonr Chemical Areas Pentagon officials sjient Monday and Tuesday visiting the Tooele Army Depot and Dtigway Proving Ground, seeing the facilities and talking with those who work in the field with chemical wea- - The tour by Artny and Department xioiincl was an information- gathering session that is part of the Pentagon's review of the role of chemical weapons in the national defense. COL. JERRY K. Patterson. TAD Commander, and COL Charles II. Ray, Dugway Proving Ground Commander briefed the visitors on their respective oierations. It was the first visit here for Dr. James P. Wade, assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Atomic Energy. Chemical weapons has recently liern placed under his office, and his tour of TAD's Umatilla Army Depot as well as the Tooele installation and Dugway provided him with direct experience of the s weapons storage and detoxification at the installations, he said Tues of Defense top Sesquicentennial celebration in grand style are: Tony Krulctz, David Heading to Tooeles 24th of July Vorwallcr and Sehrena Krulctz. Matthew Heather Krulctz, Chazell, Reagan The Elk Horn Ranch specializing in antique cars, farm machinery, wagons etc., will furnish a spelcial display at the city park as part of the celebration. It will be just one of the many pioneer displays and attractions open to the public along with all the food, games and rides on July 24. Vor-walle- r, Tri-Stak- e ojier-ation- 2 New Physicians, Nurse Expected To Boost Local Health Care Services , Two new physicians and a nurse anesthetist are adding their expertise to the health care services in Tooele but the area will soon be losing a doctor. Dr. Donald Lasselle, a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology, and Dr. pediatrician, are now Timothy Fete, practicing at the Family Practice Group. NURSE ANESTHETIST Linda Patrick has recently joined the staff of the Tooele Valley Hospital. Dr. Thomas Kasenberg, who has been with the Family Practice Group since 1978, will be leaving at the end of this month to establish a new practice in -- Loveland, Colorado. Dr. Lasselle received his medical training at the University of Oregon Medical School in Portland and at the U.S. Air Force Medical Center at Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Miss. FROM 1977 until he joined the FPG, he served in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Among his reasons for coming to Tooele and the Family Practice Group, Dr. Lasselle said he sees obstetrics and gynecological services as a primary care service rather than a referral service. Additionally, the hospital is purchasing new equipment which will aide him in providing obgyn care and both he and the hospital are planning to provide epidural analgesia and anesthesia which will allow women in labor to remain conscious without pain. DR. LASSELLE will be handling high-risk obstetrical conditions such as breech presentations, twins, and pregnant women with high blood pressure or diabetes as well as normal pregnancies and gynecological needs. His wife, Teresa, is a recovery room nurse and they have one son Christopher. Dr. Fetes medical training began at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Mo. and he served his internship and residency in pediatrics at St. Louis Childrens Hospital. HE SAID he likes the group setting of the Family Practice Group and the or ganizational approach which allows him adding to the anesthetic services .provided by Dr. J.H. Millbum. He added that he exjiects to. work She trained at the Riverside I lospital School of Nursing and the School of closely with FPGs health educator, Anesthesai at St. Vincent's Hospital, Terry Robinette, in educating patients and their parents in preventive health both in Toledo, Ohio and most recently care and special health problems such as comes from the obstetrical department dialietes in children. of Cottonwood Hospital in Salt Lake Although he will lie seeking admitting City. AS A NURSE anesthetist, Mrs. privileges at he Primary Childrens Patrick works under the direction of the Ilospital in Salt Lake City, Dr. Fete expects to be able to treat more and more surgeon in an operation rather than takchildren at the Tooele Valley Hospital. ing full responsibility for a patients life DR. FETE and his wife Mary have as would an anesthesiologist- - physician now settled in Tooele with their three such as Dr. Millbum. But in addition to anesthetia services, children, Timothy, Matthew and Nicole and look forward to the many outdoor Mrs. Patrick will be providing respiraactivities the area has to offer. tory therapy. Currently, she is reviewing Linda Patrick, who has been with the and upgrading both anesthesia and hospital staff for the past month, will be respiratory therapy policies and pro more time for each patient. day. Other Army and Department of Defense officials who visited the three faG. Michael, decilities were Mr. s the to assistant Secretary of Deputy fense; Brig. Cam. Niles J. Fulwyer, director of Nuclear and Chemical Directorate, Department of the Army; Col. Hobby C. Robinson, chief. Chemical and NBC Defense Division; and Carl B. FahILiiiin. consultant to Dr. Wade. THE DEPARTMENT of Defense is reviewing its posture on chemical weapons, Ixith defensive and offensive. Dr. Wade said. la-wi- Questions being considered are whether and how to upgrade and modernize the nation's arsenal of chemical weaMins, how much is needed, and related questions of safety and security for Ixith those who work with chemical weapons, the communities around them and the nation as a whole. On the place of chemical weapons in the national defense program. Dr. Wade said. That answer hasnt really lieen determined. BUT IIF. ADDED that chemical weapons are definitely needed to maintain the balance of power with the Soviets and to deter them from using such weaxins. The Department of Defense is considering building up its stockpile of chemical weapons but is also investigating other methixLs of deteriente, siuli as weapons limitations and international agreements to ban the use of (henucal weapons. "This whole problem is vers complex ith many pieces to it. "Dr ade said BUT HE ADDED that elimination of chemical wcajxms is not the ansuer Many object to war but the answer is not disarmament. Dr. Wade said. Another concern of both the rm and the Department of Defense is the w development of chemical weajmn systems that are safe in jx ai etime, he said He added that the government is responsible for reducing the risk of producing, storing and detoxifying chemical wcajxms to those who handle those weapons as well as to communities and the nation. OF TOOELE Armv Depot's security saft.jv ,e said, "The proecdu used here, in my personal judgment, are outstanding." But he that the Federal government needs to educate the public more thoroughly as to the measures used to insure safety and security and to restore its confidence in those measures. He praised area residents and the workers at Ixith TAD and Dugway as lading very knowledgeable of the chemical weajxins operations here and resjxinsive to the need for safety and security at those installations. s ,s!-4- . cedures at the hospital in preparation for its accreditation review. Advanced Health Systems, which now manages the hospital, recently purchased new anesthesia and respiratory equipment for the hospital. Among the new items are a respirometer which measures how much a patient is breathing while under anesthesia and a $6,500 spirometer which measures a number of lung functions and is frequently used in employment physicals. MRS. PATRICK said Tooele attreted her because she likes practicing in a small community where she can offer a more personalized service. Her husband, David, is an electronics technician at Hercules Chemical and they have three sons. n Moose To Host Utah Convention The largest Moose convention enrollment in history is expected in Tooele this weekend when Tooeles lodge and womens chapter host the 44th annual Utah Moose convention and womens "s t . - tf: conference. Tooele hosts are Louis Smith, governor of the local lodge and Mary Parks, senior regent of the Tooele Chapter 1521. Representatives from seven lodges, and five chapters will be in attendance during the three day convention. LODGES INCLUDE Salt Lake City, Tooele, Ogden, Price, Granger, n Price and and Clearfield, with womens chapters coming from Salt Lake City, Tooele, Ogden, Provo and Granger. Roy-Layto- General convention chairman is Loyde Lundgrebe, assisted by Rea McClure, president of the Utah State Moose Officers. Gayla McClure is the general chairman for the womens conference. Activities get underway Friday at 4 p.m. when registration begins. From 5 until 7 p.m. a fish and chip dinner will be served with the four-year-o- ld LOUIS SMITH Governor of Tooele Lodge evening culminating with a 9 p.m. dance. There will be an enrollment with women present Friday at 8 p.m. in the Moose Home. ACTIVITIES WILL begin Saturday, at 8 a.m. and will continue all day. Sunday a continental breakfast will get the convention underway at 8 a.m. with the final business session scheduled for 11 a.m. Newly appointed deputy supreme governor and president of the state association, Rea McClure, will preside over the mens general session, and the officer in charge of the womens conference meetings will be Irene Shackelford, deputy grand regent for the State of Utah. Womens conference meeting will be held at the Tooele Eagles Hall, and the official visitor for the women will be Grand Chancellor Antoinette Marinello, top executive officer in the Women of the Moose. Official visitors for the men will include regional director Stanley J. Galiley and Martin J. Murphy who serves as Jus- tice of the Supreme Forum. , MR. WHITE MR. YOUNG Tooele County Hires 2 Part-Tim- e Attorneys The Tooele County attorney office part-tim- e attorneys to replace Deputy Wayne Green who left for private practice in California. Douglas White and Don Young have been hired on a part-tim- e basis, because qualified applicants for the vacancy were not willing to give up their private practice for the salary offered, County Attorney Ron Elton said. THE NEW arrangement will actually provide a savings to the county while continuing to provide legal sere vices comparable to one deputy county attorney, Elton said. He said the savings will be made in emthe budget since the new part-tim- e will not receive benefits. ployees fringe has hired two full-tim- e which make up 24 per cent of a salary. employees Both White and Young will continue to maintain a private legal practice in their offices outside the county courthouse, but will not be able to represent defendants in criminal matters. BOTH YOUNG and White have served as public defenders in Tooele County. Elton said his desire to save local taxpayers money while continuing to provide highly qualified attorneys for the county and for criminal prosecutions were primary considerations for the e to two part-tim- e change from one attorneys. full-tim- full-tim- Commission Approves Rural Animal Control Ordinance County residents will have to begin licensing their dogs when a new ordinance passed by the county commissioners Tuesday goes into effect Sept. 1. The commissioners passed the ordinance in response to complaints last month by citizens from Stansbury Park, Erda and Lake Point. THE RESIDENTS were concerned about the nuisance and hazard of stray dogs running loose in the area. The new applies to animal owners in the county but Tooele and Grantsville have similar dog and animal control ordinances. Major provisions of the new ordinance include the licensing of all dogs. Any dog over four months old must be li RED KIRK ARENA . THE LICENSE fees will not be or charged to the owners of seeing-ey- e hearing dogs trained to assist blind or deaf persons, although these animals must be licensed. The county will supply dog owners with certificates and tags for the dogs, and the law provides that the tags must be on the animals at all times. Owners must be in control of their dogs and confine them to their own property or car or have them controlled by a leash or a lead. THE NEW LAW prohibits harbor nance. Cases of nuisance are listed: any animal which causes damages to proworry any person, domestic animal or perty belonging to anyone other than its protected wildlife, or having dogs where owner, viscious animals, any animal food is sold or displayed. causing unreasonable fouling of the air Fierce, dangerous or viscious animals by odors, unsanitary conditions in enclosures or surroundings, or defecating on must be confined to the owners property or under restraint and properly muzzled any public sidewalk, park or building or on any private property without that if away from that property. Any animal owners consent. that bites or attacks a person or animal Other nuisances are any animals that two or more times in a twelve-mont- h bark, whine, howl or make other disturbperiod is considered viscious. While cats and other animals do not ing noises, those that molest passersby or have to be licensed under the new law, chase vehicles, or those determined to be certain provisions lof it apply to them as a public nuisance by the animal control officer or health department. well as to dogs. Female dogs in heat must be conALLOWING ANIMALS to cause a nuisance is prohibited by the new ordi- - fined to prevent them from attracting other dogs except in the case of planned breeding. ANY PERSON knowing of an individual or anynal bitten by an animal July 19, 6 p.m. subject to rabies must report it to the for Call 0 animal control officer, as must the owner more information of an animal that bites and anyone bitten ing stray dogs, allowing dogs to run at large, allowing dogs to attack, chase or censed each year to a person 18 years of age or older. Annual license fees are $20 for a female dog, $10 for a male dog and $5 for a spayed or neutered dog. ' city-coun- 882-201- by an animal, regardless of whether the animal is subject to rabies. A physician or other medical personnel that treats an individual bitten by an animal must report that fact to the animal control officer, as well. Additionally, anyone treating an ani- mal that has been bitten, injured or mauled by another animal must report it to the animal control officer. RABIES PROVISIONS are also in the new law. Unvaccinated animals which have been bitten by an animal known to be rabid must be destroyed immediately or else quarantined for six months. A vaccinated animal bitten by arabid one must be revaccinated within 24 hours and quarantined for 30 days. Animals picked up in violation of the ordinance will be impounded and the owners will be charged an impound fee of $15 for the first confinement, $20 for the second confinement and $40 for the third or any subsequent confinements. THEY WTLL also be charged $2 each day the animal is boarded, any veterinarian costs incurred during the impound period and a license fee, is required. The minimum impound period under the new law is three days. Animals held longer than that period, except those quarantined or confined by court order, and animals voluntarily given to the pound may be destroyed or sold as the animal control officer directs. The county commissioners have not yet appointed an animal control officer basis in but will hire one on a part-tim- e time for the Sept. 1 effective date of the new law. THEY PLANto contract with Karene Davis who runs a facility at 625 E. Main, Grantsville, for pound services. Although Commissioner George Buzianis said at Tuesdays meeting that in the future the county might build its own animal control facility. |